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Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Jewish History, Study
Taxing Times
The economic history of the Jews in Palestine in late antiquity
Summer Lovin’ – Mollie & Jon
MOLLIE & JON BECKER When/how/where at camp did you meet? We knew each other since we were Oles, the youngest ...
Talk & Gossip 101
Speech is a defining characteristic of human beings, part of our self-definition as individuals and members of groups. Judaism sees speech as both a fundamental theological and ethical category.
Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Antisemitism & Bigotry, Jewish History, Magic & the Supernatural
Jewish Magic & Medieval Anti-Semitism
In medieval Europe, Jews suffered on account of popular beliefs about Jewish sorcery--and yet their non-Jewish neighbors also tried to benefit from Jewish magic.
Focusing on the “Philo” in Philo-Semitism
Last week, Kveller, a partner site of MyJewishLearning, published a provocative piece about one woman’s experience being Jewish in the ...
American Jews, Denominations, Jewish History, Study
The Pittsburgh Platform, 1885
Principles of Reform Judaism: A primary historical document.
Gender & Sexuality, JOFA's Torch, Live, Women & Feminism
Hitting a Creative Wall
I didn’t mind the mechitza at first. The wall—more frequently a short partition—separating men and women in ritual spaces was ...